Nicke Widyawati

Nicke Widyawati serves as the President Director and CEO of Pertamina since 2018. She oversees Indonesia’s state-owned energy company with the integrated business spanning from upstream to downstream with annual revenue of over USD 75 billion (2023) and managing >110,000 employees worldwide. Under her leadership, Pertamina is successfully transforming into a holding company with publicly listed subsidiaries, and achieving its highest net profit ever recorded in 2023 of USD 4.4 Billion, marking a significant business leadership amidst the pandemic and geopolitical challenges. Her leadership has been internationally recognized; she was named among the world’s most powerful women by both Forbes and Fortune 4 years in a row in 2020–2023. And last year, she ranks 51st in Forbes’ The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women 2023. This reflects her standout influence in the global energy sector. In 2021, she was honored with the Asia-Pacific Women Empowerment Principles award for her commitment to promoting women's roles in business and society. She also chaired the Business 20 (B20) Energy, Sustainability, and Climate Task Force during Indonesia’s G20 presidency in 2022 and brought forth 3 policy recommendations in Accelerating the Transition to Sustainable Energy, Ensuring a Proper and Equitable Transition, and Energy Affordability. And recently, she also awarded Asia’s Best CEO by Asian Excellence Award. She got her bachelor degree in Industrial Engineering from Bandung Institute of Technology, and continued her master’s in Business Law at Universitas Padjajaran. With a career spanning over three decades in various state enterprises and energy industry, she held significant roles in state-owned companies such as PLN, Rekayasa Industri and Mega Eltra, leading to her current position at Pertamina.

Session Overview

Thursday, 7 November

All Sessions

10:00

Strategic Conference ICC Hall 10:00 - 11:00

Attracting and retaining the energy talent required to deliver the energy transition

In 2023, the IEA reported that energy employment reached nearly 67 million in 2022, with about 35 million in clean energy sectors and about 32 million in fossil fuel sectors. Its Net Zero Emissions by 2050 scenario projects that 14 million new clean energy jobs will need to be created by 2030, while another 16 million workers shift to new roles related to clean energy. Energy organisations have equally critical dual challenges - securing talent and skills to deliver the new energy system while retaining legacy talent and skills for traditional energy production. As with the energy transition itself, solutions will be complex and must take into account employee value proposition evolution, rising employee expectations, the opportunities enabled by a global talent pool, and efficiencies created by emerging new technologies like AI and machine learning. In an increasingly competitive labour market, how can businesses attract and retain the energy talent required to deliver the energy transition?

Attendee insights:

Hear from industry leaders on how they are attracting new talent for the energy transition roles of the future whilst retaining legacy talent for their traditional energy business. Understand from a young graduate perspective what it means to enter the energy industry vs another industry.